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Radboud University Medical Centre

Researchers from Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center have published a method of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis using massively parallel sequencing-by-ligation on the Life Technologies SOLiD 4 platform.

Techgene, a three-year project that is funded under the European Union's 7th Framework Program, involves 12 groups from nine European countries and is in the midst of testing several second-generation sequencing platforms for diagnosing genetic diseases.

Several European lab directors interviewed by BioArray News said the switch occurred over the past year as a result of falling array prices and because lab techs have become more confident in their ability to interpret results as they have gained more experience with the technology.